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President Basescu urges speedy passage of Criminal Code by Chamber of Deputies
President Traian Basescu on Monday called on Chamber of Deputies' Speaker Roberta Anastase to pay special attention to the passage as soon as possible of the legislative proposal to amend the Criminal Code. 'I call your special attention to the
Updated: 02/21/2012 05:07A
Polish criminal sent back home
By Neil Watts » A POLISH man who caused two years of crime and disorder in Worcester has been deported. Using new laws, West Mercia Police worked with the UK Border Agency to send Piotr Ziobro back to Poland. The 23-year-old, a rough sleeper with no
Updated: 02/21/2012 04:57A
Nazarbayev ratifies agr't on Eurasian Group on Combating Legalization of
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the Law "On ratification of the Agreement on Eurasian Group on Combating the Legalization of Criminal Income and Terrorist Financing," the Presidential press service said.
Updated: 02/21/2012 04:24A
Beni's sub-quota remark a 'criminal offence': BJP
This constitutes a criminal offence and appropriate criminal proceedings should be initiated against Verma,” BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. Praising the Election Commission for its action against Law Minister Salman Kurshid for the same
Updated: 02/21/2012 04:16A
Criminal libel is a bad idea in a free society
Greg Brophy has proposed repeal of his state's 19th century criminal-libel statute, telling the Associated Press that the law “tramples on the First Amendment rights of people to write and or post online things that they want to post.
Updated: 02/21/2012 04:13A
Malloy wary of 'hold' on immigrant suspects
Mike Lawlor, undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, said Monday that federal immigration officials could begin its Secure Communities program in Connecticut on Wednesday. The program uses fingerprints collected in local jails to
Updated: 02/21/2012 04:05A
Hoban makes statement on Criminal Sanctions Directive on Market Abuse
The UK already covers all of the offences in its criminal law and also goes further by capturing, for example, acts of market abuse that are committed recklessly, as well as those committed intentionally. The Commission's draft proposal is sufficiently
Updated: 02/21/2012 03:50A
Gene Policinski: Antiquated criminal-libel statutes pose modern problems
Greg Brophy has proposed repeal of his state's 19th century criminal-libel statute, telling the Associated Press that the law “tramples on the First Amendment rights of people to write and or post online things that they want to post.
Updated: 02/21/2012 03:26A
Laws On Drug Distribution Should Be Made More Stringent - Okwor
Noting that there has not been a will power to discourage the lucrative risk/reward profile that criminals exploit, he said: "The situation is obviously not abating as criminals are using more sophisticated techniques to bypass standard laboratory
Updated: 02/21/2012 03:17A
Laws On Drug Distribution Should Be Made More Stringent - Okwor
Noting that there has not been a will power to discourage the lucrative risk/reward profile that criminals exploit, he said: "The situation is obviously not abating as criminals are using more sophisticated techniques to bypass standard laboratory
Updated: 02/21/2012 03:17A
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